Chapter 3 LEGAL ISSUES IN E MPLOYEE S ELECTION

Question 1

A branch of the Department of Labor charged with
investigating and prosecuting
complaints of employment
discrimination

Answer 1

Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission
(EEOC)

Question 2

A process
in which an employee files a
complaint with the organization
and a person or committee
within the organization makes a
decision regarding the
complaint

Answer 2

Grievance system

Question 3

A method of resolving conflict in which a
neutral third party is asked to
help the two parties reach an
agreement

Answer 3

Mediation

Question 4

A method of
resolving conflicts in which a
neutral third party is asked to
choose which side is correct

Answer 4

Arbitration

Question 5

A
method of resolving conflicts in
which a neutral third party is
asked to choose which side is
correct and in which neither
party is allowed to appeal the
decision

Answer 5

Binding arbitration

Question 6

A
method of resolving conflicts in
which a neutral third party is
asked to choose which side is
correct but in which either party
may appeal the decision

Answer 6

Nonbinding arbitration

Question 7

The interpretation of
a law by a court through a
verdict in a trial, setting precedent for subsequent court
decisions

Answer 7

Case law

Question 8

Any group of
people for whom protective
legislation has been passed

Answer 8

Protected class

Question 9

The
amendment to the U.S. Constitution that mandates that the
federal government may not
deny a person equal protection
under the law

Answer 9

Fifth Amendment

Question 10

The amendment to the U.S.
Constitution that mandates that
no state may deny a person
equal protection under the law

Answer 10

Fourteenth Amendments

Question 11

According to Congress,
the four races are African
American, European American,
Asian American, and Native
American Indian

Answer 11

Race

Question 12

federal law that, with its
amendments, forbids discrimination against an individual who
is over the age of 40

Answer 12

Age Discrimination in
Employment Act (ADEA

Question 13

Federal act
passed in 1973 that prohibits
federal government contractors
or subcontractors from discriminating against the physically or
mentally handicapped

Answer 13

Vocational Rehabilitation
Act of 1973

Question 14

A 1978 federal law protecting the rights of pregnant
women

Answer 14

Pregnancy Discrimination
Act

Question 15

An
employment practice that results
in members of a protected class
being negatively affected at a
higher rate than members of the
majority class. Adverse impact is
usually determined by the fourfifths rule

Answer 15

Adverse impact

Question 16

When the
selection ratio for one group
(e.g., females) is less than 80%
(four-fifths) of the selection ratio
for another group (e.g., males),
adverse impact is said to exist

Answer 16

Four-fifths rule

Question 17

The extent to
which a test or measure taps
a knowledge, skill, ability,
behavior, or other characteristic
needed to successfully perform
a job

Answer 17

Job Related

Question 18

The
percentage of people in a given
geographic area who have the
qualifications (skills, education,
etc.) to perform a certain job

Answer 18

Qualified workforce